ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · CA · GEOID 6863002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Woodlake, California

Mean one-way trip24.0 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home10.0%±5.5 pp MOE
Drove alone68.8%±8.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.3%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute22.4 min → 24.0 min▲ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.0% → 10.0%▲ 1.0 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.7% → 1.0%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.3% → 68.8%▼ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.8% ±8.3 pp
Carpool20.0% ±7.0 pp
Public transit1.0% ±1.4 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home10.0% ±5.5 pp

Each share uses 2,767 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

45thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

10th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,702± 21 MOE
Workers age 16+2,767± 282 MOE
Workers with travel time2,489± 347 MOE
Estimated home workers278± 155 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.